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A model of leadership development.
Employee development serves a variety of purposes and is accomplished in myriad ways. Ramsey County has created a comprehensive leadership development program, The Leadership Academy, . . .

Training and development: best practices.(International Public Management Association for Human Resources survey)
The IPMA/NASPE benchmarking project subcommittee on training and development best practices began by asking operational questions such as how much is spent on training, what types of training are . . .

Examining training in large municipalities: linking individual and organizational training needs.
Both practitioners and academics in the private, not-for-profit, and public sectors are increasingly focusing attention on organizational and human resource management performance. An important . . .

Assessing the training needs of high-potential managers.
Management in Idaho state government, like many other states, is characterized by a system of promoting the better technical performers who often have limited management experience or education . . .

Strengthening the pay-performance link in government: a case study of Korea.
Economic success in the global marketplace is no longer assured. In order to hold the competitive advantage and maintain a high level of success in the creative reforms must be taken and resources . . .

The way we learn: a plan for success.
Is learning something that you just do or is it a process? The term "learning" carries connotations and sounds like it provides an endless list of opportunities. The concept of learning and the . . .

Ensuring the organization's future: a leadership development case study.
Like many public sector organizations, the County of San Diego was facing a crisis in its leadership scheme at the turn of the millennium. Of the county's 17,000+ employees, over 3,000 were . . .

One more reason not to cut your training budget; the relationship between training and organizational outcomes.
An element of human resources (HR) management that has often exasperated practitioners is the enigma of measurement; (1) that is, the measurement of what HR does and how it contributes to the . . .

How accurate are your performance appraisals?
Performance management systems (PMS) are very important to public personnel management. Papers addressing this topic are very common in human resource management, especially as of late. One of the . . .

Looking for loyalty in all the wrong places: a study of union and organization commitments.
In the labor relations process, often filled with tension, conflict, and politicking, both unions and business enterprises have a compelling need to foster employee loyalty. Organizational . . .

The loss of talent: why local and state law enforcement officers resign to become FBI agents and what agencies can do about it.(
This evaluation conducted an analysis of the motivation for state and local law enforcement officers to leave their previous law enforcement positions to become FBI special agents. This survey . . .

Hypotheses concerning the prevalence of competencies among government executives, according to three organizational variables.
An organization's performance depends to a large extent on its people and their competencies. (1) The ongoing challenges faced by organizations prompts them to develop new executive capacities. . . .

Disparate results in adverse impact tests: the 4/5ths rule and the Chi Square test.
In a Title VII sex discrimination case, a judge may be faced with the following scenario. The plaintiff claims that the organization's selection procedure has adverse impact on women, and shows . . .

Unintended negative effects of diversity management.
The term "diversity management" has become a buzzword for all organizations of all types and sizes. While organizations engage in diversity management out of a desire to assure that no person or . . .

Measuring return-on-investment in government: issues and procedures.
Much has happened in the human resources (HR) world since the 1980s, when trends such as total quality management (TQM) led many organizations to shift toward a performance-oriented approach . . .

Mental health benefits in New Jersey State and local government.
Adequate mental health coverage is a key element of a comprehensive employee benefits package. The absence of adequate mental health coverage imposes significant costs on employees, their families, . . .

Organizational commitment across three sectors: public, non-profit, and for-profit.
Non-profit, for profit, and public sector organizations differ from each other in mission and approach. The variety of differences between the sectors have been, and continue to be, the subject of . . .

The new age employee: an exploration of changing employee-organization relations.
The relationship between employees and organizations has been subject to extensive research in the organizational literature. (1) As organizations continue to attempt to socialize their employees . . .

Assessment centers: what's new?(to train employees)
Introduction: What are Assessment Centers While assessment centers may include a variety of testing techniques, all assessment centers include job simulation exercises. In fact, the core concept . . .

Performance management: pariah or messiah.(employee appraisals)
Background Performance Management-Performance Appraisal systems. Performance Management, or Performance Appraisal is defined as both "the process through which companies ensure that employees . . .

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